TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of June 11, 2013

1.Which pair of prefixes means "around" ?

Pre-, ante-
Sub-, under-
Quadra-, tetra-
circum-, peri-
Quasi-, semi-

2.Which trip would not require crossing "Old Man River"?

Omaha to Sacramento
Albany to Austin
Nashville to Cheyenne
Wichita to Milwaukee
Phoenix to Detroit

3.Which would not have a web address ending in .edu?

The University of the South
Penn State University
The College of William and Mary
The Electoral College
The Smithsonian Institution

4.Which two agencies are most likely to investigate a mid-air collision?

FEMA and FBI
CIA and FAA
FEMA and NOAA
IRS and SEC
NTSB and FAA

5.The filibuster is

An ice cream dessert made of nuts and fudge
A legislative tactic in the Senate
A mixed-breed dog that gives off few allergens and little dander
A kind of outdoor gear used in swift rivers and streams
A net-like cloth used for making cheese

6.Twelve times 3.5 to the 10th power is

12 times 10 to the 3rd power
42 times 10 to the 10th power
36.5 times 10 to the 12th power
4.2 times 10 to the 11th power
35 times 10 to the 12th power

7.Which unscrambled summer word comes last in the dictionary?

OCANVITA
MISGIWNM
COTSLISE
NENUSSHI
RELISUE

8.Which city is LEAST likely to experience a hurricane?

Boston
Detroit
New Orleans
Savannah
New York

9.Which word in this sentence is a preposition? As long as it's this hot, I will keep a water bottle carefully tucked inside my backpack.

backpack
As
it's
inside
carefully

10.Ralph's lawn sprinklers use 15 gallons of water per minute. If he waters every 7 days, running the sprinklers for 45 minutes each time, how much water will he use on his lawn during the hottest twelve weeks of summer?

4725 gal.
8100 gal.
not enough information
3780 gal.
56,700 gal.

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